NEW YORK CITY — Locally based brokerage firm Brax Realty has arranged the $8 million sale of a 37-unit apartment building in Manhattan’s Gramercy Park neighborhood. Michael Ferrara and Alan Stenson of Brax Realty represented the seller, a long-term owner, in the transaction and procured the purchaser, a private investor. Both parties requested anonymity. The property was 84 percent occupied at the time of sale.
ATLANTA — Northland has partnered with Ascent Property Management to purchase Glenwood at Grant Park, a 216-unit apartment community located in Atlanta’s Grant Park neighborhood. The seller and sales price were not disclosed. Built in 2016, the midrise property features a mix of studio, one- and two-bedroom apartments. Amenities include a 24-hour business center, fitness center, bocce ball court, coffee bar, resort-style pool and courtyard, pet washing station, a resident lounge and game room, package lockers, EV charging stations and access to the Atlanta BeltLine. This is Northland’s ninth acquisition in Georgia since entering the market in 2020.
CARROLLTON, TEXAS — A partnership led by Atlanta-based Integral Group has broken ground on EVIVA Trinity Mills, a 436-unit multifamily project located in the northern Dallas metro of Carrollton. The project is being developed as part of Trinity Mills Station, a 25-acre urban village located adjacent to a Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) Green Line Station. The community will house studio, one- and two-bedroom units and roughly 11,000 square feet of retail space. Completion is slated for November 2025. Other members of the development team include Koa Partners and Artemis Real Estate Partners.
HOUSTON — BWE, the commercial lender formerly known as Bellwether Enterprise Real Estate Capital, has provided a $7.1 million Freddie Mac loan for the refinancing of Coral Hills Apartments, a 172-unit affordable housing complex in Houston. The 16-building property offers amenities such as a pool, courtyard and onsite laundry facilities. Units are reserved for renters earning up to 30, 50 and 60 percent of the area median income. Jon Killough and John Roberts of BWE originated the financing, which was structured with a fixed interest rate, 15-year term and a 40-year amortization schedule. The borrower was Alabama-based Envolve Communities.
CHICAGO — McHugh Construction has topped out construction of Cassidy on Canal, a 33-story apartment tower in Chicago’s Fulton River District. The project team includes co-developers The Habitat Co. and Diversified Real Estate Capital LLC as well as architect Solomon Cordwell Buenz. In a nod to the site’s history, bricks from the former Cassidy Tire building were used a baseline for selecting bricks for the new structure. The 355-foot-tall tower will offer studios, one- and two-bedroom units. The fifth-floor amenity space will include a fitness center, game room, various clubrooms, a coworking center, spa with sauna, pool, sun deck and grilling areas. First move-ins are slated for spring 2024.
BROOK PARK, OHIO — Reynolds Asset Management has acquired Park Place Apartments in Brook Park, a southwest suburb of Cleveland. The purchase price and seller were undisclosed. Northwest Bank provided acquisition financing. Renovations at the property are slated to begin in the next 90 days and are expected to be completed by next summer. Park Place Apartments was originally built in 1955 and more than half of its units were renovated in 2016.
GILBERT, ARIZ. — The Premiere Residential has acquired Soltra at SanTan Village, a 380-unit apartment community in the southeast Phoenix suburb of Gilbert. Leon Multifamily sold the asset for $140 million. Soltra at SanTan Village was built in 2021 at 1690 South San Tan Village Parkway. Units come in studio, one- and two-bedroom layouts. Amenities include a clubhouse with an entertainment table, fitness center and pool with a swim-up hospitality bar and cabanas. Asher Gunter, Matt Pesch, Sean Cunningham and Austin Groen of CBRE represented the seller.
SALEM, ORE. — Hampstead Development Partners has received $20.4 million in financing for the acquisition and renovation of Salem Manor, a 64-unit affordable housing community in Salem. KeyBank Community Development Lending and Investment (CDLI) provided a $4 million construction loan and $6.3 million in Low-Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC). KeyBank also arranged $10.1 million in permanent financing through Freddie Mac. John Paul Vachon, Matthew Haas and Hector Zuniga of KeyBank CDLI structured the financing. Salem Manor is subsidized by a Section 8 Housing Assistant Payment contract and is affordable to households earning at or below 60 percent of the area median income. Hampstead plans to conduct a $4 million rehabilitation of the 10-building property. Renovations include updating kitchens and bathrooms, full ADA accessibility upgrades to select units, exterior updates such as new windows and repainting, upgrades to the buildings electrical system and a new fitness center.
MANCHESTER, CONN. — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has negotiated the sale of The Place at Catherine’s Way, a 303-unit apartment community located in Manchester, an eastern suburb of Hartford. Built in 1998-1999, the property consists of 13 two- and three-story buildings. Units come in one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans, have an average size of 1,043 square feet and are furnished with full-size washers and dryers and walk-in closets. Amenities include an indoor pool, sauna, fitness center, tennis courts and movie theater. Victor Nolletti, Eric Pentore and Wes Klockner of IPA represented the seller, Beachwold Residential, in the transaction. Afton Properties purchased the asset for an undisclosed price.
NEW YORK CITY — A subsidiary of locally based lender Naftali Group has provided $48 million in financing for 8 Carlisle Street, a 64-story, 400-unit multifamily project that will be located in Manhattan’s Financial District. Proceeds will be used to refinance existing debt on the land and fund various predevelopment costs. The borrower is North Carolina-based developer Grubb Properties. Construction of the building, which will include ground-floor retail space, is slated for a 2026 completion.